Looks like they managed to get the memory controller working with 2 dimms/channel after all. Earlier reports all indicated that to get it running as fast as they wanted they had to drop down to only 1 dimm/channel.
The lack of SAS/SATA ports on that board and their empty solder points makes me a sad panda...throw away PCIe 3 and the attractiveness of the platform wanes...
Let's hope they fix X79 to what it should have been for Ivy Bridge E...
I've already scheduled a system build with at least 64 GB of RAM. Some of it will be because of possible VMs. Others is because it's to obliterate a 41-day LS-DYNA crash simulation run.
From the image it seems that the south ridge on the main-board might be cooled actively with a small fan - which might explain the need for the mesh on the heat sink!
And just 4 SATA connectors - and provision for another 4 only - so this would not be the enthusiast level X79 board - as X79 should support 12-14 SATA connectors.
haven't you heard? Intel is nerfing the platform, no more 10x SATA 6 ports and 4x SATA 3 ports, we're back down to 2x SATA 6 and 4x SATA 3, which is no better than P67/Z68
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DanNeely - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
Looks like they managed to get the memory controller working with 2 dimms/channel after all. Earlier reports all indicated that to get it running as fast as they wanted they had to drop down to only 1 dimm/channel.Grebuloner - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
The lack of SAS/SATA ports on that board and their empty solder points makes me a sad panda...throw away PCIe 3 and the attractiveness of the platform wanes...Let's hope they fix X79 to what it should have been for Ivy Bridge E...
/still glad to see 8 memory slots here.
IanCutress - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
Did we ever get confirmation that they'll be shipped with water cooling as standard?With 4GB memory sticks becoming standard, populate 8*4 = 32GB memory. Overkill for even most enthusiasts, perhaps.
bah12 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
No wonder MS is only writing the Kernel to the HD for quick boots. Can you imagine the time it would take to write 32GB to disk before hibernate.blue_falcon - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
I could use more than 8G for VMs. If the memory was cheap enough 16 would be ideal.alpha754293 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
I've already scheduled a system build with at least 64 GB of RAM. Some of it will be because of possible VMs. Others is because it's to obliterate a 41-day LS-DYNA crash simulation run.alpha754293 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
You can NEVER have too much memory. Mwahahaha....alpha754293 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
You can NEVER have too much memory. Mwahahaha....I think the most memory in a system that I've ever worked with was 128 GB. And even then, I STILL ended up with a 90 GB swap file.
dexterkarthik - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
From the image it seems that the south ridge on the main-board might be cooled actively with a small fan - which might explain the need for the mesh on the heat sink!And just 4 SATA connectors - and provision for another 4 only - so this would not be the enthusiast level X79 board - as X79 should support 12-14 SATA connectors.
bunnyfubbles - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - link
haven't you heard? Intel is nerfing the platform, no more 10x SATA 6 ports and 4x SATA 3 ports, we're back down to 2x SATA 6 and 4x SATA 3, which is no better than P67/Z68